AP 2012-04-07

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 1. Experts are looking for clues in the debris¹ to determine just how many tornadoes³ hit the Dallas-Fort Worth region yesterday. The storms damaged hundreds of homes, but there are no reports of fatalities⁴. One tornado² may have reached 165 miles an hour.

 

 

 

2. Republican Mitt⁵ Romney says President Barack is misrepresenting GOP budget priorities as both men gear up for the fall election. Romney said Obama is exaggerating a likely impact of a House Republican budget plan Romney supports.

 

 

 

3. President Barack Obama has signed legislation barring members of Congress, the president and thousands of federal workers from insider trading. The driving force behind the bill was Congress' attempt to boost dismal⁶ approval ratings.

 

 

 

4. And a year after they tied the knot, Britain's prince William and the duchess of Cambridge have achieved another milestone⁷. Wax likenesses of the royal couple are now featuring in the London version of Madame Tussauds wax museum.

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